OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau left the door open Wednesday to a possible delay in enacting his government’s cannabis legalization bill — a move recommended by a Senate committee concerned with Indigenous issues. says liquor corporation will open 3 more marijuana outletsThe report said the government’s “atrocious” lack of proper consultation on its cannabis bill undermines its claims to be trying to have a new and better relationship with Indigenous peoples. When asked whether he’d be willing to delay implementing Bill C-45, Trudeau didn’t answer directly, but indicated the Liberals will forge ahead with their plan to legalize marijuana for recreational use. “We’ll continue to consult a broad range of Canadians,” Trudeau said as he entered a meeting of his caucus. “And as our parliamentary secretary Bill Blair says regularly, legalization is not an event, it’s a process,” he added.

Source: thestar May 02, 2018 17:48 UTC